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Fears over stop and search powers Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed. There were more than 157,290 stop and searches in London under anti-terror laws in the year to September 2008, leading to 1,200 arrests. That is nearly triple the 54,693 searches the previous year. Critics said the force should curb its use of the power, but the Met Police said they were using the tool properly. Use sparingly Section 44 of the Anti-Terrorism Act gives police the power to stop and search people in specific areas without the reasonable need to suspect them of being involv…

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7839250.stm Edit:Link changed so it would work

Source BBC All the backside coverers getting their excuses in, meantime a colleague lies dead. In the words of the Chief Constable

Suprised this story has not made it on the news, did not even make it on the local... Armed bank raid terror ADVERTISEMENT Published Date: 16 January 2009 Armed robbers have escaped with a quarter of a million pounds in a terrifying raid on a Wigan town centre bank. Three masked men wearing dark clothing burst in to the Lloyds TSB on Market Street in the centre of Wigan at 4.55pm yesterday (Thurs) as the bank was closing. The robbers, armed with a shot gun, a machete and a small hand gun, forced staff to lie on the floor. One terrified female cashier had a machete held to the back of her neck by one of the robbers, who demanded cash. She was forced to escort two …

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Police have released CCTV footage of arsonists in Rugby who, during an attack on a pub, became engulfed in flames themselves. That will teach him that petrol is dangerous!!!! Watch here!!

Fears over stop and search powers Police are expected to use the anti-terrorism powers sparingly Metropolitan Police officers are stopping and searching too many innocent people using powers designed for fighting terrorism, it is claimed. There were more than 157,000 stop and searches in the 12 months to September 2008 - but from these only 1,200 people were arrested, Met figures showed. Barrister Sebastian Gardiner said the force should curb its use of the power. But the force said that it was properly using stop and searches while recognising the sensitivities involved. Use sparingly The Anti-Terrorism Act, or Section 44, gives the police powers in specif…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7847479.stm I wonder if this is going to be resticted to "Irish" terrorists, or will the 7/11 bombers families get a hand out, I'm sure they could do with a new car or a nice holiday....

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2073989.ece ISRAELI fighter jets have launched new attacks on the Gaza strip today after warning that ground forces may be used as the operation continues The rights and wrongs of this war, intrests me not. What does intrest me is. "A PROTEST outside the Israeli Embassy in London descended into chaos today as demonstrators clashed with police." If you want the sympathy of the British public, leave the Police alone, cretins.

January 23, 2009 MAN TO BE EXDRADITED TO ENGLAND FOR HEMEL PC’S DEATH AFTER 30-YEAR JAIL TERM By Corporate Communication Dept A MAN who killed Hertfordshire Constabulary officer Frank Mason will be extradited to the UK after he serves a 30-year sentence in Ireland, it was decided today at Dublin’s High Court. Perry Wharrie, 49, was part of an armed gang who killed off-duty officer PC Frank Mason in April 1988, in Hemel Hempstead. He and accomplices Charlie McGee and James Hurley had been holding up a Securicor van when Frank intervened and was shot. Wharrie was released early on licence in April 2005, having served 18 years of a life sentence, but fled the county…

Suffolk and Norfolk are getting six new police stations under a £60m private finance initiative (PFI), it has been announced. Consultants McBains Cooper has won a contract with the Justice Support Services Consortium (JSSC) to provide the new buildings. It is set to be one of the largest PFI projects within the police sector. The six centres will house cells and offices. Work will start in June and they should be built by 2010. They will be based at King's Lynn, Aylsham, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth, Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich. Keith Young, director at McBains Cooper, said: "The new developments are designed to be the most efficient and secure custody facilities …

Mods - I put this here because I see it as a question of image in the news, rather than just s roads policing issue. Feel free to relocate if you disagree. On our local BBC news since early this morning: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england...ria/7844457.stm Such a shame that having seen a dangerous driver do 59 in a 30, he just got a warning letter! When will the powers that be learn that it simply does not work! Allowing local residents to operate in this way seems more an admission that the police are undermanned seriously, and the release of the change from 39.2 to 37.7 mph and it being claimed to be a success, merely puts the police in a bad light! I sus…